Summary
Medal issued by the Numismatic Association of Victoria to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Anzac landing in 1990. It was designed by Terry Pepperell.
The medal was presented to curator Deborah Tout-Smith on the occasion of her delivering the Ray Jewell Memorial Lecture at the Numismatics Assocication of Victoria on 16 July 2004. It is accompanied by a hand-written certificate to that effect, a folded paper document about the 1990 Anzac anniversary medal, a fawn cloth pouch and a clear plastic protective sleeve.
Physical Description
Bronze medal with view of ANZAC landing, above, 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANZAC / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM; in small letters at right, 1990 NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA (obverse) Simpson and donkey assisting wounded soldier down mountain path; below, 202 J.SIMPSON 3F. AMB. AAMC (reverse)
Obverse Description
View of landing, above, 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANZAC / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM; in small letters at right, 1990 NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA
Reverse Description
Simpson and donkey assisting wounded soldier down mountain path; below, 202 J.SIMPSON 3F. AMB. AAMC
Edge Description
stamped 010
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Date Issued
1990 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
Hafner (Mint), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1990
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Artist
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Commissioned By
Numismatic Association of Victoria (NAV), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1990
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Presented To
Ms Deborah Tout-Smith - Museum Victoria, 16 Jul 2004
The presentation certificate date was accidentally written 2001, but was changed by hand to 2004. -
Inscriptions
stamped 010 (edge) View of landing, above, 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANZAC / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM; in small letters at right, 1990 NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA (obverse) Simpson and donkey assisting wounded soldier down mountain path; below, 202 J.SIMPSON 3F. AMB. AAMC (reverse)
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
51 mm (Outside Diameter), 54.68 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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Keywords
Anzac Day, Commemorations, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918